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Community- Driven Archives
Community- Driven Archives
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Your gift supports the Community-Driven Archives department, established in 2017, as we build relationships with Arizona’s diverse communities to promote ASU’s commitment to inclusion. In order to address balance and representation in Arizona’s archives, the CDA team creates intergenerational and intersectional safe spaces that support lifelong learning and center the lived experiences of all communities.
Seeing yourself in history, probably for the first time, and then reflecting on it leads to personal and collective healing. We humanize ourselves and others when we work with archives and share our stories. Your support will help us continue to empower local memory keepers who seek to preserve an accurate representation of Arizona history."
Impact of donor support
- Your gift assists in providing access to archival training, archive starter kits, technology and other educational resources that empower communities to preserve history and tell their stories.
- Your gift enhances learning experiences by supporting archival instruction services, and embedding community-driven archives principles into teaching, research opportunities and services. For example, the CDA’s Escuelita “Little School” program is introducing K-12 students and teachers to community archives.
- Your donation helps CDA create safe spaces that center the lived experiences and knowledge of historically marginalized communities. Community-driven projects use archival material, storytelling and memory keeping as healing tools.
Learning that Arizona’s marginalized communities have historically been excluded from archival collections inspired me to donate in order to preserve and share the stories of Arizona’s diverse people and communities.